The ERE process, start to finish.

Below is exactly what happens on a typical permit-and-rating job. We define the acronyms as we go: HERS / ECC is California's Home Energy Rating System, renamed Energy Code Compliance by the CEC; CF3R is the field verification certificate a HERS rater signs; CHEERS is the CEC-approved registry the CF3R is filed with.

1. 1

   Job entry

   You enter the job in the ERE permit portal, or we set up a direct hand-off so we receive it straight from your own software. Either way you give us the project address and scope once - no re-keying, no faxed plan sets. Most fixed-fee quotes go back to you within one business day.

2. 2

   Permit submitted

   We submit the permit to the city and upload it to the portal the moment it's issued. You get an automatic email with the permit and the receipts attached, so your records are complete before the first day of work.

3. 3

   Work installed

   You install the work on your own schedule. When it's ready for testing, you tell us - a message in the portal or a phone call. Nothing about our process slows down your crew.

4. 4

   HERS / ECC rating

   We call the customer to schedule the HERS / ECC rating, remind them the day before, and call 30 minutes before the rater arrives so nobody waits around. The rater who tests your project is the same person who preps and signs the CF3R - one person, accountable for the whole job. Pass/fail and the underlying numbers go out the day of the test, and the CF3R is registered with CHEERS, at no extra charge. We upload everything to the portal and email you the CHEERS attachments.

5. 5

   Permit & ECC results delivered

   We send the permit and the HERS / ECC results straight to the customer, so the homeowner already has the documents the city inspector will ask to see. You get the same package in the portal.

6. 6

   Final inspection scheduled

   We call the customer to schedule the final, book the final with the city, and remind the customer the day before. You don't sit on hold with the building department - coordinating the city inspector is our job, not yours.

7. 7

   Final inspection

   On the morning of the inspection we drop a single-story ladder when the inspector needs roof or attic access and the homeowner doesn't already have one on site, and we brief the homeowner on exactly what the city inspector will want to see - mechanical equipment, duct access, the attic hatch, panel labels, water-heater straps. The homeowner is on site for the inspection; we are not. We retrieve the ladder that afternoon. Final-inspection results - or the correction notice, if the inspector flags something - are uploaded to the portal and emailed to you as attachments.

Why the process runs this tight

• One point of contact. The same team pulls the permit, runs the rating, and coordinates the final. No call center, no documentation department in another building, no handoff chain.
• Same-day results. Field results in writing the day of the test - not the morning after, and never as a separate line item.
• We come ready. Our own single-story ladders and field-test equipment on every rating. For finals, a single-story ladder when access is needed - you don't stage one or leave one on site overnight.